What is Synthesia?
Synthesia is a web platform that turns text and scripts into videos presented by AI avatars with synthetic voices. It also offers AI dubbing, interactive videos, role-play training sessions and an API.
Who it's for
The vendor positions it for business video such as training, learning content and communications, from individuals on self-serve plans to larger organizations on Enterprise. Enterprise adds shared workspaces, SSO, brand kits and SCORM export.
Pros & cons
Strengths
- The pricing page lists 9 AI avatars on Basic, 125+ on Starter, 180+ on Pro and 240+ stock avatars on Enterprise
- The pricing page lists 140+ languages and voices
- Personal avatars (from a photo or webcam video) start on Starter: 3 on Starter, 5 on Pro, and unlimited on Enterprise subject to reasonable consumption and compute
- Synthesia's security page says it undergoes periodic ISO 42001, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II audits, with no audit dates given
- The integrations page lists 58 integrations, including PowerPoint, Slack, Microsoft Teams, YouTube, Vimeo, Moodle, Articulate 360 and HubSpot
Limitations
- The free Basic plan has 500 credits a month, 10 minutes of video or dubbing, 1 editor and 9 avatars, and videos carry a Synthesia watermark
- Starter has 1,250 credits a month, which the vendor estimates at about 12 minutes of video, and 1 editor and 3 guests. Pro has 6,000 credits, about 60 minutes, and 1 editor and 5 guests
- Video costs 100 credits a minute in the vendor's calculator, and lip-sync dubbing uses twice the credits
- Studio avatars (filmed in a studio) are a paid add-on at $1,000 a year for annual plans only, and the help center says processing takes about 1 to 10 business days
- Custom avatars need explicit consent from the person whose likeness is used, and avatars can only be exported inside a finished video
Plans and pricing
- Basic (Free): $0. 500 credits a month, 10 minutes of video or dubbing, 1 editor, 9 avatars, 140+ languages, Synthesia watermark.
- Starter: $29 a month, billed monthly. 1,250 credits a month, 1 editor and 3 guests, 125+ avatars, 3 personal avatars, no watermark, downloads. A yearly price was not visible in the page text.
- Pro: $89 a month, billed monthly. 6,000 credits a month, 1 editor and 5 guests, 180+ avatars, 5 personal avatars, branded video pages, interactive videos. Larger credit tiers go up to 48,000 credits at $676 a month.
- Enterprise: Custom, contact sales. Unlimited video minutes, 240+ stock avatars, unlimited personal avatars, custom editors and guests, SSO, brand kits, SCORM export, higher API limits.
- Role-play learner seat (add-on): $29 per learner a month. Can be added to any plan. More than 100 seats requires a demo.
Prices and limits are from Synthesia's pricing page and help center. The pricing page text is inconsistent: a recommendation card says 6,000 credits for Starter while the plan list and calculator say 1,250, so we use 1,250 and give 6,000 as Pro's. Which plans include API access could not be read, and a legacy Personal plan is closed to new subscriptions. Confirm on the live pricing page.
Details checked October 2026 against the vendor's own pages. Prices and limits change, so confirm before you buy. Official pricing page ↗
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Synthesia — at a glance
Synthesia is a web platform that turns text and scripts into videos presented by AI avatars with synthetic voices. It also offers AI dubbing, interactive videos, role-play training sessions and an API.
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